Keiji Sada

Biography

Keiji Sada was a Japanese actor. He won the award for Best Actor at the 7th Blue Ribbon Awards for Anata Kaimasu (I Will Buy You) and Taifū Sōdōki (Typhoon). He was the father of the actor Kiichi Nakai. Sada is primarily known for starring in Ozu films, especially in the 1950s and most famously Good Morning (1959). He also was a supporting actor in two films of Masaki Kobayashi's Human Condition trilogy. Sada was born in Kyoto in 1926. While a student, he roomed at a boarding house owned by the actor Shuji Sano, and on graduation was offered a position at Shochiku Studios. He was paired with Kinuyo Tanaka for his debut appearance, Keisuke Kinoshita's Phoenix. Sada was killed in a car crash in 1964. His wife and children were unharmed. He was 37.

Filmografi

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love1959 · KageyamaThe Human Condition II: Road to Eternity1959 · Kageyama ShôiAn Autumn Afternoon1962 · KoichiGood Morning1959 · Heiichiro FukuiLate Autumn1960 · Shotaru GotoEnraptured1961 · Hunting Rifle1961 · Reiichiro KadotaBallad of a Workman1962 · Yoshio Nonaka, Torae's husbandEquinox Flower1958 · Masahiko TaniguchiA Case of Honor1957 · Aoi kairyū1961 · Love and Duty1954 · When It Rains, It Pours1957 · KazuoThe House Where Flowers Bloom1963 · Shochiku Festival: All-Star Lineup – Studio Express / The Birth of an Actress1956 · Monkey Business1957 · Yoshizawa, Diet memberThe Invisible Wall1958 · 新婚たくあん夫婦1954 · 目白三平Hanayome no o noroke1958 · Denshichi KumazawaThe Night We Danced1963 · Whirlpool of Flowers1958 · Home Sweet Home1951 · Saburo Uchiyama, Tomoko's boyfriendDobuike1963 · Sadahiko KanemitsuSound of Youth1956 ·